The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890 (Disaster)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (581 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596298928 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Keven McQueen is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of twelve books on biography, history, folklore, ghost lore, natural disasters and historical true crime
Thomas S. Fiske said Stirring the Winds of Time. It is always a pleasure to read an interesting, factual history. "The Great Louisville Tornado of 1890" by Keven McQueen has those qualities. It also has excellent photographs and drawings from the event. It was written by an expert with his pen, a really good wordsmith. As a former citizen of Louisville I can tell if McQueen understood the city, and he did. I was fascinated with the story that the au. "Five Stars" according to Rooney Fan. Great read! McQueen makes the tornado of 1890 come alive in these pages.
--Leo Weekly . The History Press paperback includes rare photos that capture the level of destruction and complement McQueen's accounts of the horrific events at Falls City Hall and Union Depot. Readers already acquainted with McQueen will not be surprised that his thorough hand at research and interest in how history regards people from all walks of life make this book a rich lode of fascinating findings that sometimes challenges the official record of the disaster
The most powerful of these twisters touched down in Louisville, carving a path of unprecedented destruction from Main Street to the end of town. In the aftermath, nearly eight hundred buildings in the city were destroyed, and over one hundred people perished. history. Join local author Keven McQueen as he chronicles Louisville's most violent natural disaster, with tales of harrowing rescues and rebuilding.. In all, the storm produced over twenty-five tornados that day, and it remains the twenty-fifth deadliest storm in U.S. On March 27, 1890, a devastating storm moved over the Ohio River Valley, spawning dozens of deadly tornados